The basic thesis of Hannah-Jones’ 1619 Project is wrong from the beginning. It is just not historically factual and cannot be justified by the events of history. The author claims that the colonists sought independence from Great Britain because the colonists “wanted to protect the institution of slavery”. Wrong.
The author claims that Great Britain was about to outlaw slavery in the colonies, so the colonist got ahead of the curve, and claimed independence so they could keep slavery in the Americas. Just plain wrong.
The 1619 Project is much more of a political treatise than a historical factual thesis. It is “blame America first” politics not factual U.S history.
The period before 1776 was very multicultural: English, Dutch, French, zSpanish, Portuguese, etc. The libs should celebrate this.
I have ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War or gave material support to the Continental Army. None of them owned slaves.